T7 RNA polymerase-directed expression of an antibody fragment transgene in plastids causes a semi-lethal pale-green seedling phenotype

Transgenic Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 325-337

  Magee, Alan M ^a   Coyne, Seamus ^a   Murphy, David ^a   Horvath, Eva M ^a   Medgyesy, Peter ^a   Kavanagh, Tony A ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

pale green phenotype; plastid transgene expression; single chain antibody fragment; T7 RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE T7 RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENT; LYSOZYME; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CROSS BREEDING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LETHAL GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASTID; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM; SEEDLING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENES, LETHAL; GENETIC VECTORS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; MURAMIDASE; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM; SEEDLING; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

CAMELIDAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 4444319506     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TRAG.0000040019.35147.a4     Document Type: Article

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